Gardening

GR - Gardening
Project Codes
PS3	Plant Connections
	This curriculum is part of the 4-H Plant Science Core Curricula that is designed to help 9-11 year old children understand the role plants play in our lives and how to grow and care for them.
	Member 4H PSM 11 In EDIS this publication is DLN 4H 194.
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	Leader SP PSL 21 In EDIS this publication is DLN 4H 192.
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	Beginning Gardening Unit I Series
	Plant Science Experiments 4H GRM 01	Print PDF
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	This is a plant sciences publication for 4-H members ages 8-12. This project book gives those members who do not have the necessary land to plant a full scale garden different projects to experience gardening. In EDIS this publication is DLN 4H 199.
GR1	Vegetable Gardening 4H GRM ??	Print PDF
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	This plant science publication is for 4-H members ages 8-12. This project book gives members a way to learn how to plan a garden, what is needed for garden maintenance, and how to maintain the newly planted garden. In EDIS this publication is DLN 4H ____.
GR3	Growing Vegetables in Containers 4H GRM 02	Print PDF
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	This is a plant sciences publication for 4-H members ages 8-12. This project book gives members three ways to grow vegetables in a small area. In EDIS this publication is DLN 4H 223.
	Vegetable Gardening Leader's Guide 4H GRL 20	Print PDF
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	This guide is for 4-H volunteer leaders to assist in completing the Vegetable Gardening Series. This series focuses on planning a garden and different seasons for different fruits and vegetables. In EDIS this publication is DLN 4H 050.

GR4	Gardening
	A curriculum for youth who like to work outdoors and get their hands dirty. Four grade-level activity guides include exciting activities in categories such as: planning, planting, care, maintenance, harvesting and careers. The helper's guide offers activities, ideas and content to help leaders with their challenging role. Developed by Purdue University and distributed through 4HCCS.
GR41	Gardening A: See Them Sprout 4HCCS BU-7162	Ordering INFO
	This activity guide is for youth ages 10-11, and is the first in the Gardening series. 4-H'ers will learn about; planning, planting, seed germination, the different plant parts, gardening tools, harvesting vegetables, identifying vegetable products, and greenhouses.
GR42	Gardening B: Let's Get Growing 4HCCS BU-7163	Ordering INFO
	This activity guide is for youth ages 12-13, and is the second in the Gardening series. 4-H'ers will learn about; transplants, crop rotation, plant responses, growing plants from plant parts, a worm box, feeding plants, judging vegetables, storing vegetables, selling your vegetables, and careers in horticulture.
GR43	Gardening C: Take Your Pick 4HCCS BU-7164	Ordering INFO
	This activity guide is for youth ages 14-16, and is the third in the Gardening series. 4-H'ers will learn about; improving soil, succession planting, growing herbs, broadcast planting, pH levels, photosynthesis, cross-pollinating, insect damage, teaching, irrigation, record keeping, food preservation, and horticulture careers.
GR44	Gardening D: Growing Profits 4HCCS BU-7165	Ordering INFO
	This activity guide is for youth ages 17-19, and is the fourth in the Gardening series. 4-H'ers will learn about; intercropping, a doublecrop, using a computer to plan, pollution, hydroponics, biotechnology, plant diseases, fertilizers/nutrient deficiencies, pesticides, and keeping financial records.
	Gardening Helper's Guide 4HCCS BU-7166	Ordering INFO
	This guide will help you provide opportunities for youth to learn and grow in a caring and supportive environment. This guide has been designed to provide you with activities, ideas, and content to help you with this challenging and exciting role.
	Gardening Exhibit Guide 4HCCS BU-7167	Ordering INFO
	This reference manual gives those exhibiting vegetables the standards for preparing an exhibit, and suggestions for preparing exhibits. The rules in some areas many be different from those listed, however the ideas may still be helpful.
GR5	JMG Junior Master Gardener Handbook	Ordering INFO
	Make plantable greeting cards... discover the wonderful world of worms... use peanut butter, chocolate chips, and cereal to learn about soil aggregates...find out how plants clean water...create your own ethnic vegetable garden...and more. Students can become a certified Junior Master Gardener by completing all eight subjects in Unit 1. Available at National 4-H Council.
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	Down To Earth - Classroom Gardening 4H CCS 07714	Ordering INFO
	Inside, outside, makes no difference where you are, this is a curriculum that will grow on you. Down-to-Earth helps you - the teacher, the project leader or the youth educator - to use gardening as a means to explore plant growth and development. Through this hands-on, minds-on program, youth get the basics of botany, the gist of gardening, the essentials of ecology and much more. Youth will use gardening to entice their senses and cultivate useful science process and life skills. By gathering data via the scientific method, youth feel a sense of pride, responsibility and the pleasure of nurturing life.